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Top 5 books for aspiring lovers
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Top 5 books for aspiring lovers

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The Book of Trespass: 'Every step on forbidden ground'

Etta Lemon: the Mother of the Birds
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Etta Lemon: the Mother of the Birds

Top 5 books by autistic authors
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Top 5 books by autistic authors

The Assistant's Kjella Ola Dahl on discovering a criminal family past
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The Assistant's Kjella Ola Dahl on discovering a criminal family past

The Hierarchies by Ros Anderson: Asks questions on what it means to be human
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The Hierarchies by Ros Anderson: Asks questions on what it means to be human

The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin: An arrow through the reader's heart
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The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin: An arrow through the reader's heart

The Great Mistake by Jonathan Lee: Lush and memorable
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The Great Mistake by Jonathan Lee: Lush and memorable

Black Buck's Mateo Askaripour: 'I didn't hesitate on injecting humour'
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Black Buck's Mateo Askaripour: 'I didn't hesitate on injecting humour'

Top 5 historical heroines of 2021
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Top 5 historical heroines of 2021

Independent Bookshop Week: 'People often called for a chat as much as a book'
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Independent Bookshop Week: 'People often called for a chat as much as a book'

Independent Bookshop Week: 'We dropped off groceries and grieved with people'
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Independent Bookshop Week: 'We dropped off groceries and grieved with people'

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Independent Bookshop Week: 10 of the best new retailers

Independent Bookshop Week: The best books from independent publishers
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Independent Bookshop Week: The best books from independent publishers

Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller: All that is unsaid
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Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller: All that is unsaid

The world's narrow escape from nuclear war
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The world's narrow escape from nuclear war

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Wicked Enchantment by Wanda Coleman: Poems that race from line to line
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Wicked Enchantment by Wanda Coleman: Poems that race from line to line

Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny looks at life's bruises and heartaches
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Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny looks at life's bruises and heartaches

The best books about magic… that aren’t Harry Potter
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The best books about magic… that aren’t Harry Potter

Sauntering: The writers walking their way to stories
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Sauntering: The writers walking their way to stories

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